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[Photograph of a section of a house]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.065 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One photograph of a section of a house circa 1940. The photograph features the front of a house particularly a set of windows and an open garage. There is section of black fogging in the upper right corner of the photo, likely due to an error in the developing process.

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